10/10/2008
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With Pete Long and His Goodmen talking about Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert, plus excerpts from Walton's opera The Bear.
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With Pete Long and His Goodmen talking about Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert which they are recreating at Cadogan Hall, London.
Plus members of the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young Artists Programme performing excerpts from Walton's one-act opera, The Bear, in the studio.
17:03
GRIEG
Peer Gynt (Prelude)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570871-72
Track 1
5’10
17:08
BARBER
Sure on this Shining Night
Nathan Gunn (baritone)
Kevin Murphy (piano)
EMI CDZ5731602
Track 10
2’14
17:11
LIVE
VINCENT ROSE and AL JOLSON
Avalon
Pete Long and His Goodmen
2’40
17:21
LIVE
JOHNNY GREEN
Body & Soul
GERSHWIN
I Got Rhythm
Pete Long and His Goodmen
7’00
17:33
LIVE
EDGAR SAMPSON
Stompin’ at the Savoy
BENNY GOODMAN, LIONEL HAMPTON, and TEDDY WILSON
Dizzy Spells
Pete Long and His Goodmen
7’11
17:41
STRAVINSKY
Dumbarton Oaks (Con moto)
Sinfonia de Montreal
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 440 327-2
Track 3
5’25
17:48
AVISON
Concerto Grosso No.5 in D minor
The Avison Ensemble
DIVINE ART DDA21213
CD 1
Track 17-20
10’36
18:03
RAMEAU
Les Paladins (Ouverture tres vite)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
PHILIPS 432 968-2
Track 1
3’40
18:07
DEBUSSY
Preludes bk.2 (Les tierces alternées, Feux d’artifice)
Russell Sherman (piano)
AVIE AV2164
Tracks 17-18
7’28
18:15
WALTON
Façade (Valse, Scotch Rhapsody)
Susana Walton & Richard Baker (speakers)
The City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 8869
Tracks 17 & 19
4’44
18:27
LIVE
WALTON
The Bear (I was a constant, faithful wife)
Monika-Evelin Liiv (Mme Popova)
Steven Moore (piano)
3’07
18:35
LIVE
WALTON
The Bear (I’m sick of this mourning)
Monika-Evelin Liiv (Mme Popova)
Kostas Smoriginas (Smirnov)
Steven Moore (piano)
1’39
18:38
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus (Finale)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66748
Track 18
6’15
18:42
LANDINI
Questa fanciull’ Amor
Andrew Lawrence-King (medieval harp)
AVIE AV2151
Track 4
1’39
18:47
DVORAK
Romance in F minor
Midori (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
SONY 88697301112
CD 2
Track 5
11’50
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- Fri 10 Oct 2008 17:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3